"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that if the news of Zhancheng rice is conclusive, then we should immediately get more rice seeds from Linyi Country and widely implement them in my Datang, so that the pressure on my Datang grain can be greatly relieved." Xia Hongsheng, the person who bowed down to Li Shimin, didn't know him, but he was very disdainful of his words.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible." Fang Xuanling said to Li Shimin: "Where you plant, you must not only look at its seeds, but also look at its land, its time, and its cultivation. Although the three-crop rice sounds quite tempting, what if you arrive in Datang and are not accustomed to the water and soil? Your Majesty, oranges born in Huainan are oranges, and oranges born in Huaibei are oranges. The three-crop rice can be harvested three times a year in Linyi country, but it is not necessarily in the Tang Dynasty. If His Majesty rashly implements it, the people will plant three crops of rice, but if this kind of rice cannot grow well in the Tang Dynasty, it will be a disaster! ”

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin after speaking, for fear that Li Shimin would immediately implement the planting of three crops of rice when he was happy.

"Your Majesty, that's what Weichen meant." Du Ruhui also saluted Li Shimin and said: "Lord Chu is anxious to make my Tang Dynasty not have to worry about food, and he is sincere. However, Weichen also thought that this matter should not be rushed. As Fang Daren said, oranges born in Huainan are oranges, and those born in Huaibei are oranges. Naturally, we hope that the three crops of rice can also be harvested in our Datang territory, but what if we are afraid? The people involved in this matter are all the people in the world, and if there is a case, then the popular support that His Majesty has won so hard will be gone all at once. If the people of the whole world have a famine in the coming year because of this incident, then the people's resentment will boil, and the people will complain, fearing chaos. ”

Xia Hongsheng didn't listen to Du Ruhui's words much, but stared at Du Ruhui's face carefully.

In history, Du Ruhui died in a few years, Li Lao Er was sad, and cried bitterly for three days. However, Du Ruhui in front of him looked healthy, his complexion was ruddy and shiny, and his eyes were bright and bright, without a trace of sickness.

It's all thanks to Ben Gongzi!

Xia Hongsheng thought in his heart that thanks to the fact that his son persuaded Li Lao Er to give the benefits of regular physical examinations to all the civil and military officials in the court, he took over so that the conditions of many officials were discovered early and received treatment as soon as possible, so that his health improved. Du Ruhui is one of them.

"Yes, what Fang Qing and Du Qing said is very true, the matter of rice planting is indeed sloppy, and it must be carefully considered and decided. If something goes wrong, it's my sin. Li Shimin nodded and said, "What good ideas do you have for rice planting?" ”

Then what other good ideas can be set up to set up a pilot and gradually promote it.

Xia Hongsheng pursed his lips and thought in his heart.

"Your Majesty, Weichen seems to have something to say when he sees that Xiahou has something to say, so it's better to listen to Xiahou's opinion." Yu Shinan, who was standing opposite Xia Hongsheng, saw Xia Hongsheng's pouting, so he said with a smile: "Since this rice seed was first known by Xiahou, then Xiahou must know more about rice seeds than us." ”

Xia Hongsheng really wanted to roll his eyes, so Li Shimin asked, "What idea does Xia Qing have?" ”

Xia Hongsheng walked out and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the implementation of rice seeds is related to whether Datang has enough grain and grass. But it is not possible to implement it rashly. Before the large-scale promotion of rice seeds, we must first verify whether the three-crop rice will change after transplanting to Datang, and whether it can still maintain the growth rate and yield per mu. Therefore, Weichen thought that the implementation of the three-crop rice would take at least three years. In the first year, we planned to screen out several different pilot counties from the coastal areas of Lingnan to the northern region across the country, open up some acres of land in these pilot counties, and plant three rice varieties as experimental fields, so as to summarize the number of seasons that can grow three seasons of rice in those places in Datang, and draw out the differences between these rice varieties in different places in Datang. If the experimental field fails, and the three-crop rice cannot be planted in Datang at all, it will only affect a few villages in these pilot projects, and it will not cost much for the imperial court to compensate these farmers, so there is no risk. If the experimental field is successful, then the planting can be expanded within the scope of the original pilot county in the second year, and other pilot counties can be added at the same time. If the feedback from these pilot counties is good in the second year, then it can be gradually promoted in our Datang for a long time. This kind of promotion can only be from point to surface, and then face to surface, and finally achieve large-scale planting, and not let the whole world plant this kind of rice seed with one order. ”

"Hehehe, what Xiahou said coincides with the old man." Fang Xuanling smiled and brushed his beard and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks what Xiahou said is very true. Let's not rush to promote rice seeds on a large scale, we can only come little by little. In this way, even if there is any problem or discrepancy in the middle, it will only affect that point. In addition, in the process of trial planting, the people of the imperial court also knew the habits of this rice seed and summed up how to plant it correctly. In this way, when the imperial court determined that there was no problem with Champa rice and that it could be promoted on a large scale and on a large scale, it would be better to send people to various places to guide the planting of the people in various places to ensure that the people could have a bumper harvest. The people have a good harvest, and the court naturally has a good harvest. ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded, agreeing with Fang Xuanling's words.

Although Xia Hongsheng knew that there was no problem with the cultivation of Champa rice in the territory of Datang, he still proposed that it would take at least three years before it could be promoted. It is because although Xia Hongsheng knew that there was no problem with Zhancheng Rice, but at the same time, Xia Hongsheng also knew that not only the officials of the imperial court had not heard of Zhancheng Rice, but also the people of the world had never heard of it. Xia Hongsheng knows, it doesn't mean that everyone else knows. The imperial court must draw conclusions through itself, and the civil and military officials of the imperial court will be convinced, and Li Shimin will be convinced. Moreover, it is not possible to get people to plant a crop that they have never heard of before and to plant instead of cultivating the original crop that they are familiar with. The common people were more worried about their own harvest than the imperial court, so they preferred not to believe in the miraculous yield, but insisted on cultivating the crops they were familiar with. It will take time for the people of the world to take the initiative to plant Champa rice and change the crops they are used to planting. And Xia Hongsheng can also use this time to publicize this rice seed through newspapers, so that more people will know about Champa rice and more people will want to try to plant it. (To be continued.) )